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Word Peace - You Can Make It Happen
The world news is grim; the possibility of World War Three is raising its ugly head, and its implications hang like a shroud heavy upon us. Hundreds of thousands are dying in Iraq, while concerns about possible nuclear weapons proliferation in Iran and North Korea and their apparent political agenda to threaten world war within and near their prospective regions has the rest of us wondering if the world has gone mad. Worse, we feel powerless, as if it is beyond our control.Read more…Asian Latinos: The New Face of America
For at least a couple of decades, analysts have predicted vast cultural, population and demographic changes that will soon begin to sweep across the Americas. Within the United States alone, much emphasis has been placed upon the rise of the Latino population and how by the year 2050, half of the US population will be non-white.However, what hasn?Read more…Where is Homeland Security When We Need Them?
The department of Homeland security is a department of our government that is suppose to protect the people on the homeland right? Well how come when a child who works in the House of Congress gets molested Homeland Security is no where around? I am tired of every time I turn on the television or the radio I hear President George W.Read more…Georgia And Abkhazia As One United Country And People
Georgia and Abkhazia were two Soviet Republics that shared the eastern subtropical coast line of the Black Sea. The high snow capped Caucasus Mountains in the north divide these two republics from Russia. During the Soviet times, the whole Caucasus region was diverse with many ethnic backgrounds, including Abkhazians and Georgians.Read more…National Pride - Country Pride - Territorial Pride - International Pride
With the rise in population, this world has become smaller. Technology such as the Internet, telephones, televisions, satellite, radio, mail and modern transportation make the world seem even smaller. When we talk about resources and economics, the whole World is shifting to a global economy and this change seems unstoppable.Read more…Temporary Workers
Who are temporary workers? They are people who are used to satisfy labour needs of different companies for a limited period of time. If we are somehow connected with business we keep hearing this expression all the time.Read more…Rationality and Intentional Systems
In what way can we predict the behavior and reaction of some system, its interaction with the environment and response to our actions? What are the mechanisms of such prediction and what are the properties common for such systems? These are some of the questions that Daniel Dennett is trying to answer in his work “Intentional systems”.Read more…International Unions
The contemporary world requires a quite strong cooperation of different countries through lots of kinds of societies and associations. Being a member of these associations gives a lot of advantages either to powerful countries or to the developing countries. Nevertheless it is obvious that being in an international association gives the country the sense of protection and support.Read more…Western Civilization
The paper discusses Reformations in western European countries. Particularly, the paper is focused on the Catholic Reformation, the German Reformation, the English Reformation, the Genevan Reformation and the Swiss Reformation. At the first part of the paper basic similarities between the Reformations are analyzed while in the second part the emphasis is on principal differences between them.Read more…What is an American Identity
The twentieth century was marked by significant changes practically in all spheres of human life. Naturally, it influenced traditional human perception of the world and people that live around. In the USA, this period was the time of great changes too, particularly changes on the national level and in relations between all members of American society, which represented different cultures, nations and races.Read more…Real Men Don't Plan Weddings
Most of you know that my podcast co-host, best friend and overall "main squeeze" Emily and I are getting married in December. I couldn't be a happier guy about that. After all, she's a fantastic woman.Read more…Robert Ken Who
By now, so they say, somewhere in the good ‘ol US of A a baby is screaming and sleeping without any idea that she or he is the 300 millionth resident of the land. I am not sure what difference it really makes. If anyone tries to point to a specific child there will certainly be conflict, law suits, licensing issues and DNA tests to prove the bragging rights.Read more…October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month
The campaign stretches back fifty years, bringing awareness to the public about the role that individuals with disabilities can play in the workplace and within society. The origins of the initiative were to encourage employers to not make decisions based on stereotypes, and to give them equal consideration in job searches.In 1945, Congress set aside the first week of October as "National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week," and later in 1962, they removed the word "physically" to include other disabilities.Read more…What Dreams Mean To Russians
Be a little cautious before categorically ridiculing your wife’s connections with the ‘other side.’ The ‘other side’ I am referring to is the non-living. Yes, ghosts, visions in dreams, things that go bump in the night.Read more…Insight
It strikes me as funny that I've had an insight that has led me to writing this piece on insight. What is insight? Well, to me, insight is sudden realization of a connection.Read more…A Question Worth Asking
Throughout my entire life I have questioned who I am. True, there were times when I was absolutely convinced I knew who I was, only to find that person changing into something else. There were times when I decided I wanted to be something, tried my best to play the role, only to find myself faced with the same question....Read more…Doctor and Nurses Exodus Leaves Africa Health Care in Crisis
In Nairobi, Kenya, a very small, very basic house costs 3,500 shillings a month (?25) - almost three-quarters of a nurses salary and beyond the means of nurses with families to feed. But many complain not about the poor standard of housing, but about the fact that around a quarter of qualified Kenyan nurses have no permanent nursing jobs in a country with a health system in crisis.Read more…How To Find People
How do you find people? That depends on whether they are trying to hide or not. Even if they don't want to be found, most people are creatures of habit, and so they leave clues.Read more…The Power of Supermarkets and Changing Attitudes
A recent report by War on Want and the British GMB, investigating the case of Wal-Mart (ASDA), shows how the relentless pursuit of supermarkets of the lowest possible prices has a negative impact on the supermarkets local communities as well as their suppliers, often based in the poorest countries of the world.A few years ago, the supermarket retailer Safeway (now owned by Asda AKA Wal-mart) sent letters to their farmer suppliers asking for a contribution of ?20,000 per product line, in order to improve marketing of the products.Read more…Madonnas Adoption including Africa Today
In Africa it seems to be all misery and nothing but problems, in the past few months we have had the attempted assassination of the Somali President, the invasion of Northern Somali towns by Ethiopian troops, continuing ethnic problems is Darfur (Sudan) and more than 20 people have been killed in political clashes in the DR Congo capital, Kinshasa, in the latest round of elections.To top this off, Madonna has been to Africa to adopt a child called David, throwing Malawi into the worlds media. A group of Malawian charities sought a court injunction to try and block the pop star Madonnas bid to adopt a baby boy.Read more…
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